After Columbine, parents around the country assured the rest of us that no, they absolutely could NOT be held responsible for the stupid things their children did. That they could parent as hard as they possibly could and do all the right things, and still the little darlings would take it in their pointy little heads to go out and murder a bunch of people just because. That how could the parents of those little murderers possibly be held accountable for not knowing that their sons were storing up guns and bullets in their rooms at home, and posting all sorts of trash talk on the internet as well as in their personal paperwork.

Evidently either parenting has changed since Columbine and parents *are* now reponsible for the dumb things their children do, or a coda has been added so that mothers are now responsible for their pregnant daughters while parents en masse are not responsible for their murderous sons.